We’re back with another Ask Me Anything edition of the Finding Mastery podcast, built from the questions our community is sitting with right now.
Jeff Byers returns as co-host for this one. If you caught our first AMA together, you know Jeff brings real-world credibility to these conversations. He’s a former NFL player, the Co-Founder and CEO of Momentous, and someone who has lived the hard version of the identity shift we spend a good portion of this episode exploring. He’s built Momentous on a foundation of transparency and scientific rigor, and he brings that same honest standard to the questions we take on here.
In this episode, we dig into:
- Navigating a major life transition… the grief, the identity questions, and the psychology of what it actually means to let go of who you’ve been. Plus Jeff’s own experience moving from elite athlete to entrepreneur.
- When life is good but something feels missing… what “stuck” and “foggy” actually mean, when biology might be part of the picture, and how to rebuild your sense of agency when the path forward isn’t clear.
- How to find your purpose when it hasn’t found you… the research, a practical framework built on first principles, vision, and values, and Mike’s own purpose, unpacked.
- What community actually is… why it runs deeper than shared interests or proximity, and what we lose when connection slides toward the digital rather than the in-person.
- AI and human potential… a grounded, nuanced take on whether the rush toward AI is pulling our attention away from what matters most, or whether it’s actually an opportunity.
- Heroes, idols, and first influences… a candid personal exchange on who shaped Mike and Jeff and why those figures still show up in how they lead and live.
The questions in this episode came from real people wrestling with real things. If any of them resonate with something you’re carrying right now, that’s the point.
Let’s dive in.
“Football didn’t define me. Football helped shape me. I define me. I get to choose that.” — Jeff Byers
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